Upper New York Bay

Upper New York Bay is a section of New York Harbor, enclosed by the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Staten Island and the Hudson City, New Jersey boroughs of Jersey City and Bayonne. It is connected to Lower New York Bay by the Narrows, to Newark Bay by the Kill Van Kull, and to the Long Island Sound by the East River. It contains Governors Island, Ellis Island, Liberty Island, and Robbins Reef (home to one of the largest oyster beds in the world until they succumbed to pollution in the 19th century).